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- ShutDown v1.50
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- Disclaimer:
- No liability and all that stuff.
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- License/Beg Clause:
- ShutDown is shareware. Upload it everywhere!
- If you find this program useful, the author would appreciate
- a contribution of $10.00. The first version of ShutDown was
- freeware. People had all sorts of neat requests, but I really
- did not feel like working for free. Now that it is shareware,
- I hope I will have some incentive to implement enhancements and
- come up with other nifty programs. My address is:
- Chris Bluethman
- 2302 N. Star Drive
- Stillwater, OK 74075
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- Description:
- Why click on Start to shutdown your computer in Windows 95?
- In Windows NT, why go to the Program Manager, click on
- File, Shutdown, and then shutdown? ShutDown makes it easier
- by providing the same shutdown service NT's Program Manager
- and 95's Start button does. Make it a shortcut on the
- 95 desktop. In Windows NT, I put it on my Microsoft Office
- Toolbar. You can also run ShutDown from the command line.
- Great for shutting down the computer from a batch file or a
- scheduling program. The standard shutdown procedure is used,
- so don't worry about losing data during the shutdown. NT or
- 95 will ask every running application if they want to quit or
- not. ShutDown also supports timed shutdowns and running of a
- batch file or program before shutting down.
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- Command Line Parameters:
- /RESTART
- Will shutdown and restart the computer.
- /REBOOT
- Same as /RESTART.
- /LOGOFF
- Close all programs and log current user off.
- /FORCE
- Shutdown running applications whether they want to
- quit or not. WARNING: If you use this switch and an
- application has unsaved data, the data will be lost.
- /MSDOS
- Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. This feature is
- only available in Windows 95.
- /HELP
- Display this same information.
- /T:n
- Where n is the number of minutes to countdown before
- shutting down.
- /F:[path]filename.ext [params]
- Run the named file just before shutting down.
- [path] is optional. [params] are parameters that
- will be passed to filename.ext. NOTE: If you use the
- /F: switch, make it the LAST parameter on the command
- line. In this way, the parameters will be interpreted
- correctly.
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- Specifying nothing on the command line will shut down to a
- power-off state. Parameters can be combined for different
- effects. See the Examples below.
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- Tips/Tricks:
- Running ShutDown without any command line parameters will
- just shut down to a power-off state. If you want a different
- type of shutdown, like a logoff or a complete reboot, you can add
- the command line parameters discussed above. In Windows 95,
- the best thing to do is to create a shortcut on your desktop.
- To change the command line parameters, right click to the
- Properties for the shortcut. Then click the Shortcut tab.
- Now you can add /REBOOT or /LOGOFF to the end of the Target
- line.
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- Examples:
- ShutDown /LOGOFF /T:3
- Wait three minutes, close all applications,
- and log off the current user.
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- ShutDown /MSDOS
- Close all running programs and restart in MS-DOS mode.
- Type "exit" to get back to Windows 95.
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- ShutDown /RESTART /T:15 /F:C:\CLEAN.BAT
- Wait fifteen minutes, run the batch file called
- CLEAN.BAT, then restart the computer. Note that /F:
- is the last parameter.
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- ShutDown /FORCE /F:NOTEPAD.EXE SIGNOFF.TXT
- Run Notepad, edit a file called SIGNOFF.TXT, and then
- do a forced shutdown. All unsaved data will be lost.
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- ShutDown /F:"D:\Things to do at end of session.bat"
- Run the "Things to do at end of session.bat" file and
- then shutdown.
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- E-mail:
- Send comments/suggestions to:
- Chris Bluethman
- Internet: 72347.3306@compuserve.com
- CompuServe: 72347,3306
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- Trademarks/Acknowledgments
- Microsoft Office, Windows 95, and Windows NT are products
- of Microsoft Corporation.
-